What is x when 53 divided by x equals 54?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 53 ÷ 54 = 0.98148148148148

To prove this, let's compute 53 divided by 0.98148148148148: $\frac{53}{0.98148148148148} = 54$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 53 divided by x gives a result of 54, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{53}{x} = 54$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{53 x}{x} = 54 x$
$\frac{53 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 53$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 53$ (or just $53$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $53 = 54 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 54: $\frac{53}{54} = \frac{54 x}{54}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.98148148148148 = x$ (or $x = 0.98148148148148$ )

So, if the dividend is 53 and the quotient is 54, the divisor is 0.98148148148148.